31/08/2021
On 29 September, the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) and its partners in the PERISCOPE project will organise the workshop “COVID-19 health inequalities in Europe“. From 10AM to 1PM (CET), researchers, policymakers and other interested stakeholders, including civil society, will discuss about the key points of the report on the health inequalities impacts […]
COVID-19 / FEAM / Health inequalities / PERISCOPE
23/08/2021
Earlier this month, the lead authors of the report “International Sharing of Personal Health Data for Research” published a comment in the journal Nature Medicine. The paper, presented by members of FEAM, ALLEA and EASAC, summarises the main findings of the joint report, published last April. The paper authored by Heidi Beate Bentzen, Rosa Castro, […]
FEAM / ITHD
20/08/2021
The fifth episode of PERISCOPE Project Monthly Talks focus on the effects of the pandemic on mental health. Professor Walter Osika was the invitee to discuss this topic. He is co-founder and director of the Centre for Social Sustainability, as well as an Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, in Karolinska Institutet, […]
PERISCOPE
30/07/2021
A new IAP Statement highlights medical opportunities in addressing the causes of disease and warns against the misuse of regenerative medicine technologies – also when it comes to the proposed use of stem cells to tackle COVID-19 Regenerative medicine, including the use of tissue engineering and cell and gene therapies, has great potential for tissue regeneration and repair. […]
COVID-19 / Regenerative Medicine
16/07/2021
Professor George Griffin, FEAM Vice-President, will participate in the event “Routine vaccinations in time of COVID-19 across Europe: a multi-stakeholder evaluation“. This initiative, which will take place on 20 July (Tuesday), is organised by the Active Citizenship Network (ACN) and is being held as part of the EU webinar cycle ‘Health at the heart […]
FEAM / Vaccination
14/07/2021
UK participation in Horizon Europe The UK will associate to the EU’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme which will run from 2021 to 2027. The European Commission has published a Q&A document on the UK’s participation in Horizon Europe. As the first calls of Horizon Europe are launched, the Q&A confirms that UK […]
Human genome editing
09/07/2021
The new vice-president of the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM), Dr. Luis Martí-Bonmatí, has highlighted to EFE the importance that in emergency situations such as the current pandemic, both policies and scientists and the flow of data from the different countries “be coordinated.” Martí-Bonmatí, director of the Clinical Medical Imaging Area of the […]
Human genome editing
01/07/2021
On this Thursday (1 July), we join the European Animal Research Association (EARA) in “Be Open about Animal Research Day”: #BOARD21. This global social media campaign aims to celebrate the increasingly proactive approach by the biomedical community to communicate about animal research. Professor Stefan Constantinescu, FEAM President, stressed the importance of animal research. Without it, […]
One Health
22/06/2021
The votes of the 23 FEAM academies to elect the federation’s new board were known at the end of May. Professor Stefan Constantinescu, fellow of the Romanian and Royal Belgian Academies of Medicine, will be the new FEAM President for the next three years (2021-2024). In this interview, Professor Stefan Constantinescu speaks about his new […]
FEAM
22/06/2021
The votes of the 23 FEAM academies to elect the federation’s new board were known at the end of May. Professor George, who has led FEAM for the past three years (2018-2021), will now move to the position of Vice-President and will continue to follow the Federation’s progress. In this interview, the Fellow of the […]
FEAM
18/06/2021
The European Health Stakeholder Group, in which FEAM takes part, welcomes the results of the Article 93 Committee vote on the UK data protection regime on 16 June. EU Member States voted unanimously in favour to approve the adequacy decision which means that the flow of personal data from the EU to the UK […]
Data protection
10/06/2021
Much has happened since the last two months. FEAM elected a new Board, published two reports (ECDC and HERA) and three new partners joined the FEAM Forum. See the latest news from FEAM.
FEAM / Newsletter
02/06/2021
FEAM is looking to recruit two new members of staff: A Senior Scientific Policy Officer – See job description here. A Junior Policy Officer – See job description here. Deadline for submitting applications: 21 June 2021
Job vacancy
27/05/2021
The votes of the 23 FEAM academies to elect the federation’s new board were revealed on Wednesday (26 May). Professor Stefan Constantinescu, fellow of the Romanian and Royal Belgian Academies of Medicine, will be the new FEAM President for the next three years (2021-2024). Prof. Stefan Constantinescu, Professor of Cell Biology at the Université catholique de Louvain and President […]
Academies / FEAM
19/05/2021
The EU’s new health agency must grow its remit over time if it’s to be successful, a new report today argues. An initial narrow scope for HERA should not be interpreted as a lack of ambition. For Beth Thompson, Associate Director of Policy at Wellcome Trust, there is no doubt that the creation of […]
FEAM
14/05/2021
The Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) and its Member Academies welcome the European Commission’s proposal for a European Health Union and for a stronger European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. In a statement published today (14 May), Reinforcement of the mandate of the European Centre for Prevention and Disease Control (ECDC) […]
Communicable diseases and health threats
29/04/2021
In the second episode of PERISCOPE Project Monthly Talks, Helen Johnson looks at the importance of data for forecasting, particularly with the European COVID-19 Forecast Hub. This platform provides short-term forecasts of COVID-19 cases and deaths across Europe and is coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). PERISCOPE has recently collaborated with the European […]
PERISCOPE
22/04/2021
The FEAM April newsletter is already here, with news from our academies, SAPEA, Forum partners and Network Academies. Find out more about our activities.
FEAM / Newsletter
20/04/2021
A new joint commentary by FEAM and EASAC, representing European Academies of Science and Medicine emphasizes the responsibility of the health sector to reduce its own GHG emissions, and work with other sectors to accelerate decarbonization of the wider economy. The growing and potentially disastrous effects of climate change on mental and physical health – […]
Climate change / FEAM
19/04/2021
How do the COVID vaccines work? How do we prioritise recipients? What are the major decisions facing policymakers when executing a mass vaccination campaign? FEAM President, Professor George Griffin, has recently participated in the Science for Policy podcast, where he talked about the science and policy of COVID vaccination. “Vaccination is probably the most important thing […]
COVID-19 / SAPEA
